Will Obama's Budget Recognize Charter Schools?

Less than 1% of federal education dollars go to these demonstrably successful networks.

By

Nina Rees

March 26, 2013 7:08 p.m. ET

President Obama will soon release his federal budget for 2014, and a top priority is likely to be early-childhood education, particularly for the poor. But will the proposal seek much funding for the growth of charter schools—at least more than the paltry 0.4% of federal education spending that currently supports these exciting and demonstrably successful schools?

Last month, the respected private firm Mathematica Policy Research published a multiyear study of students enrolled in KIPP (the Knowledge Is Power Program), a...